Appearance
The wingspan is 27–30 mm. Females are wingless. Males are variable, but always easy to recognize. Characteristic are the dark veins and broad dark distal area, bounded proximally and traversed by sharply white lines. The female is distinguished by its yellowish abdominal belts. The rudimentary white wings are common to the genus.
Naming
*"Lycia zonaria zonaria"⤷ "Lycia zonaria rossica"
⤷ "Lycia zonaria britannica"
Distribution
"Lycia zonaria" is found from central Europe, east to the Russian Urals. The populations in England and Wales are ssp. "britannica", those from the Urals are ssp. "rossica". The nominate subspecies is found in the south west of Spain and France, but is missing in the Mediterranean. The northern occurrence ranges to Denmark and southern Sweden.Behavior
Adult males are on wing from March to April.The larvae feed on a range of low-growing plants, including "Salix repens" and "Rosa pimpinellifolia".
The species is a typical resident of dry grassland, occurring at forest edges, sandy slopes and heaths.
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